The Dummer and the Cook - Harry Belafonte

Oh, there was a little drummer and he loved a one-eyed cook

He loved her oh, he loved her though she had a cock-eyed look

With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow

Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

And this couple went a courtin' for to walk along the shore

Said the drummer to the cookie «You're the girl that I adore»

With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow

Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

Said the drummer to the cookie «Will you name the wedding day?»

Said the cookie «We'll be married in the merry month of May»

With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow

Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

Said the drummer to the cookie «Will you buy the wedding ring?»

Said the cookie «Now you’re talkin' that would be the very thing»

With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow

Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

When they went to church to say I will the drummer got a shock

For her one eye killed the parson and the other stopped the clock

With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow

Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow